By the Light of the Moon

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Summary: Buy By The Light of the Moon
Review: This is a sensational thriller about the untapped into limits of what the human mind can accomplished when stimulated by a new drug. Dylan who is travelling with his retarded brother is knocked unconscious by an evil research scientist who ties him to a chair. Once awake he is injected with a substance and told the scientist's life work is inside him and now those against his work will try and kill Dylan too. He leaves him a pocket knife to escape.

Likewise comedian Jillian also is injected and runs into Dylan and his brother. Together they must escape unknown assassins after them, meanwhile they're bodies are doing things they never thought possible and can't understand. They must avoid death and figure out what to do of course running into people they must deal with along the way.

This is a sensational novel which makes you wonder about the possibilities humans have yet to discover about themselves. Koontz once again has written a thriller that isn't so far fetched that it might actually be possible. Buy the book.

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Summary: Vacation?
Review: As a Koontz fan for several years, I eagerly await his new books. Although better than One Door Away From Heaven, in which I was very disappointed, By the Light of the Moon still does not have the same sharp horror and intrigue as many of his earlier books. Koontz has a great sense of humor, one that I appreciate. However, he has been over using it at times taking you out of the action of the book as you become too aware that you are reading a book, if that makes sense. Certainly not a bad read, and thankfully not as long as some other recent novels, I give this book 3 1/2, if Amazon would let me. Perhaps Koontz needs a vacation to rework his brilliant mind.

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Summary: Koontz's Grocery List
Review: Steven King once said he could send his grocery list to a publisher and they would print it. This is what Koontz seems to have done.
An interesting story is destroyed by Koontz's growing love for rediculous similies and metaphores. They distract so much, it is hard to re-focus on the tale. Action scenes are vaguely described, not nearly as complete as in earlier novels. The character interactions are laughable. The only aspect of the book that held my attention was the hope that it would improve.
I used to be a big fan of Koontz. Midnight, Lightning and Watchers are three of my favorite books. However, he seems to be commited to following the same theme, time after time. Young man and woman, thrust into an unwilling adventure, persued by unknown assailants. And don't forget the dopey, yet cute, sidekick that turns out to be the hero, whether it's a dog, kid or, in this case, an autistic twenty year-old.
Anyone newly discovering the author would do much better reading all of the above mentioned novels before commiting several evenings plodding through this laughable story.
Any commited Koontz fan, like myself, will doubtlessly read it anyway. And come away shaking their head in disbelief.

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Summary: A smile and a sigh of relief
Review: My last Koontz experience was One Door Away From Heaven, which left me irritated and little else. That was especially hard to take after Lightning, which was such a treat.

With this newest novel, he's not quite up to the level of Lightning, but he does help us forget One Door Away from Heaven, with its relentlessly cutesy wordplay and characters that never quite become sympathetic.

By the Light of the Moon stays nice and tight--almost a bit too tight, because it doesn't give us full enough pictures of the parents of Jilly, Dylan and Shep. Such extra character development would give us more insight into how the protagonists became the people they did, even before their "evolution."

It's not sophisticated science fiction by any stretch. If you don't like "derivative," stay far away. It's probably no accident that Book-of-the-Month released this as a dual selection with Michael Crichton's PREY. The premises are identical, though you can be sure that the writing styles are lightyears apart.

But if you basically like Koontz and put down One Door Away from Heaven feeling a bit flogged, try this one...and hope that some day, "Lightning" will strike again.

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Summary: by the light of the moon
Review: long...very long ..Koontz streches this book to the limit stupid
waste of time ..took everything I had to finish the book if I had not been bored at work would not have bothered.

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Summary: Koontz's #2 novel with best science fiction plot.
Review: The first book I read by Koontz was 'Cold Fire' some years ago. Koontz was generally found in the horror section then. I found most of his other novels to have less science fiction elements and stopped reading his books for a while. Now he's more often found in the mainline fiction section. 'Light of the Moon' got my attention with its cover and I was not disappointed! This latest book has just as much science fiction appeal as 'Cold Fire' did! Keep it up Dean, I hope to see some further adventures of the Moolight Guild...

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Summary: Highly recommended story!!!
Review: One of the best things about this book is that it's fairly short by Dean Koontz standards - approximately 400 pages - and it goes right to the point from the first sentence. The action practically begins in the first chapter and doesn't stop all the way to the end. If you've got a free weekend and you want some good entertainment through books, I highly recommend that you pick this one up.

Also, this is not the usual trend of gory fiction you would normally get from this genre, which is good. This story doesn't just focus on the suspense of the plot. It also focuses on the characters. The relationship between Dylan and Sheperd is poignant and touching. Dylan plays the role of the brother/father and Sheperd is the younger brother with a mental disability. Throughout the story Dean Koontz presents a quasi--3D portrayal of these two characters. I could almost feel them in real life. That's how solid Mr. Koontz' writing is in this particular story. I won't say much more because I'd be giving away the plot. All I can say is please read this book. You won't regret it. I promise.

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Summary: Great read!
Review: A great read for anyone who's looking for good entertainment. Solid, well--developed characters, a thrilling story line. I especially loved the relationship between Dylan and Sheperd. It's absolutely poignant and touching. It just comes to show the range of Dean Koontz' talent. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Cool book!
Review: I think it's the best Koontz book, yet. Entertaining, fast-paced, got right down to business at the first sentence. Nice touch, Dean Koontz.

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Summary: An exact cross of Creighton's "Prey" and King's "Dead Zone"
Review: We stopped reading Dean Koontz about 20 years ago as his plots and often very long stories were just a little too fantastic, in the supernatural sense, for our taste. We see in the two decades since, he has been a prolific publisher, with the now some 40 novels to his credit implying a bazillion fans.

"Moon" gets off to a fast start: Dylan O'Connor, a struggling artist and caretaker for his semi-autistic brother Shep, and a struggling comedienne, Jilly Jackson, heretofore strangers, are all accosted in a motel by a "mad" doctor-type guy who overwhelms each and injects them with some sort of "stuff" featuring his life's work. He also warns them his enemies will be seeking them out. It turns out the payload was a zillion nanotechnology machines that influence brain function (ala the nanotechnology cameras and such in Michael Creighton's latest "Prey"). Each of the recipients is affected with different supernatural powers: Shep can "fold" people (teleportation); Jilly has strange visions (and learns to fold), and Dylan has sightings based on touching things (ala King's lead character in Dead Zone). The action unfolds as the three run from the chasers while acting on Dylan's need to make things right from the visions he is getting off people and objects. A somewhat poorly crafted ending, almost in the Superman style of good over evil, brings the tale to a somewhat abrupt end.

Like King, Koontz has a vivid imagination and apparently can put his ideas into writing without difficulty. He seems to love to turn a good phrase, with at times prose better suited to poetry or some other genre. We thought that except for the fast start, much of the book dragged along until the second half when everybody, including us, has a better idea of what's going on and then the suspense really builds. The ending will probably disappoint most readers; we weren't at all sure it was a natural denouement of events. For our taste, we still think Koontz is a little too "fantastic", but note that in a not too crowded niche he seems to enjoy great success.